Grand Cherokee

“If we must die, we die defending our rights.”(Sitting Bull) Furthermore, Native Americans suffered diseases and the loss of their land when the pilgrims arrived. “The Indian, having been stripped of his power, could only stand by and watch while the white man took his land and used it for his personal gain.” Native American rights have a positive effect because they expand civil rights, allow for repremation for past activities, and allow for self-governing. It expanded the Native American civil

on war broke loose the first war was the King Philips War from 1675-76. In 1830 Andrew Jackson signed the Indian removal act. This act called Indians “destined to extinction” and “not worth preserving”. Accordingly the act forcibly removed 17,000 Cherokee from the east to Oklahoma.

Died October 5th, 1813, during the Battle of Thames at the age of 45. He was a powerful Shawnee Chief and leader of the Red Stick Confederacy alongside his brother “The Prophet”. Tecumseh was born in March 1768; his father, Puckshinwah, died when he was 4 and his mother, Methoataske, migrated to Missouri with fellow Shawnees when he was 11. Tecumseh was raised to manhood by his older sister Tecumapese until he grew into a strong warrior and intelligent diplomat. In his early years as a military and

We, the Natives, deserve fairness and respect. Although you may believe that you know who we are or what has been done to us, we are here to say that you do not. Over the course of this war (and many years prior to it) our hospitable and respectful people have been taken advantage of, brutally assaulted, and viciously murdered. You’ve attacked men, women, and children, all while encroaching upon their territories. After the Battle of Tippecanoe, American soldiers were ashamed with the results, so

Indian Territory. In 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act which said that all the Native Americans living east of the Mississippi River had to move west of the Mississippi River. This affected the 5 tribes which were called; Cherokee, Seminole, Chickasaw, Creeks, and the Choctaw tribes. The reason President Jackson signed this act was to make the lands available for white settlers. By signing the Indian Removal Act, President Jackson negatively impacted the health and welfare

The Trail of Tears was a trail often used by Native Americans on their way of escaping the white settlers during the Indian Removal Act. The group of tribes were called the Five Civilized Tribes. It consisted of the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole Nations. The tribes lived on land in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and Florida. The land of the tribes were rich in value. The discovery of gold made the white settlers want the land of the Natives, which was found near Dahlonega

Anything worthwhile is never easily achieved. Joseph Ellis’ novel, Founding Brothers, examines this topic as it goes from the founding of the United States to the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The author delves into the causes of several events that laid the framework for what the country is like today. He explores such events as the Washington’s Farewell Address, the rift the first political campaign caused between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, among many other topics

Going against the Supreme Court, which is the supreme law of the land, in the Worcester vs Georgia case demonstrates how Andrew Jackson abused his power as president. John Marshall, the chief justice at the time, ruled that the United States did not have possession or legal jurisdiction over Native American land, and no individual states had authority in Native American affairs. However, Jackson went above this, since the court did not order marshals to enforce it. In the Indian Removal packet, it

“Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in” -Andrew Jackson. Andrew Jackson seemed to live by this quote because he would stop thinking and make some bad choices for America. During the early 1830s, Andrew Jackson became president. His main goal was for the common people's voices to be heard because he was a common man himself. He was born into poverty, but made worked hard and made success happen for himself, he was the ´American Dream’. Jackson

Wallowa Valley, where they would have ended up if they chose not to fight, with only a fraction of a once-strong tribe. FInally the Cherokee, a once strong nation now in ruins. The U.S. proposed a treaty to them, which was not signed by their Chief or the majority, but was still ratified by the U.S. senate. This “treaty” gave them the power to legally relocate the Cherokee people. By the end of their pitiful journey to the reserve, 4,000 of their people lay dead. We must be cautious we are not the next